Joe Biden
February 28, 2013 — John Hinderaker
Specifically, to make sure that Joe Biden never, ever gets his hands on a firearm. Biden loves shotguns–nothing wrong with that, but it appears that every time he fires one, somebody’s life is in danger. Here is the latest: I did one of these town-hall meetings on the Internet and one guy said, “Well, what happens when the end days come? What happens when there’s the earthquake? I live in
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December 3, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
The Washington Post reports on the reemergence of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). According to Bruce Reidel, a former CIA counterterrorism expert now with the Brookings Institution, “what we’re now seeing is al Qaeda in Iraq’s revival, not only as a movement in that country but as a regional movement.” Reidel notes that from its base in the Sunni provinces west of Baghdad, AQI is building networks in Syria and
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November 4, 2012 — Steven Hayward
Joe Biden does it again. I’ll bet he just wishes Bill Clinton was still president, or perhaps he really did mean it Friday when he said there wasn’t a moment he was proud to be Obama’s vice president (video just 14 totally Biden-licious seconds long):
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November 2, 2012 — Steven Hayward
But is there really anything scarier than Obama or Biden without a teleprompter? Probably not, but here’s some worthy candidates.
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November 2, 2012 — Steven Hayward
Just when you think Biden can’t be any more idiotic . . . oh well, let’s just go to the tape (just 16 seconds long, but it’s plenty long enough for Slow Joe): “There’s never been a day in the last four years I’ve been proud to be his vice president.” Yeah Joe, we know the feeling. Meanwhile, let’s not forget the ongoing media malpractice of the closing weeks of
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October 23, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
If there’s a common takeaway from the four debates of this presidential cycle, it’s the indiscipline of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The problem manifested itself in different ways in different debates. In the first debate, Obama apparently lacked the discipline to treat the event with the seriousness it required. He seemed comparatively unprepared, unwilling to treat Romney as a serious opponent until it was too late, and unable even
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October 20, 2012 — John Hinderaker
Vice President Joe Biden is the most weirdly inappropriate figure in modern political history. We can’t even imagine what a figure of fun he would be if he were a Republican. Fresh off his disastrous “debate” with Paul Ryan, about which hardly anyone remembers anything except that Biden made a fool of himself, he appeared onstage with Florida Senator Bill Nelson. A woman was warming up the crowd, talking about
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October 18, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
Here is a suggestion for Team Obama — sequester Joe Biden so he can prepare for a debate. I know there won’t be another vice presidential debate, but take him to an undisclosed location to prepare for one anyway. Otherwise, you’re condemned to more embarrassing moments like this one:
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October 13, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
During today’s episode of the Hinderaker-Ward experience, Brian Ward made a great point about Joe Biden’s debate performance. Biden, said Brian, was behaving like a Democrat. Not all Democrats, of course, but certainly a great many of those one encounters on the internet. Like Biden, they are rude, eager to prevent the other side from talking, and prone to attack arguments they don’t like with bad behavior rather than reasoning.
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October 13, 2012 — John Hinderaker
Justin Folk, winner of the Power Line Prize (and the less prestigious Doritos Super Bowl ad competition), made this very funny video, in which Joe Biden’s grimaces, chuckles and raised eyebrows find a more appropriate object–himself:
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October 13, 2012 — Steven Hayward
From remarks on the floor of the House of Commons, April 28, 1926: I always try to economize the use of false arguments as much as possible, because a false argument is so often detected, and it always repels any listener who is not already a convinced and enthusiastic partisan. Maybe a better parallel for our Biden would be one of WSC’s descriptions of Stafford Cripps, a far left-leaning Labourite:
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October 12, 2012 — Steven Hayward
Just what the world needs for a Friday afternoon. Worst. Tattoos. Ever.
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October 12, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
Some on the left want to compare last night’s debate to the 2004 mismatch between Vice President Cheney and John Edwards. As I noted before the debate, there is a superficial similarity. In both instances an elderly, highly experienced incumbent vice president squared off against a fresh face. And now that the debate has occurred, I can point to another similarity — like Cheney, I believe that Biden rallied a
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October 12, 2012 — Steven Hayward
Score this for Ryan: I’m certain that it was Biden’s plan to try to get under Ryan’s skin, drive Ryan off his core strength (his passionate wonkiness), cause him to make a mistake, lose his composure, or look too young and unready for high office. Biden utterly failed to do this. Ryan kept his cool throughout. I hate ever to agree with David Gergen, but Ryan won on style points.
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October 12, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
Whatever else one might say about Martha Raddatz’s moderating of the VP debate, she did Paul Ryan a favor by starting the debate with a question about Libya. Joe Biden tried to change the subject to Afghanistan and Iraq, but the diversion failed because Ryan stayed after him on the issue (I wish Ryan had done so more consistently). Biden tried to minimize the damage through dishonesty. When Ryan pointed
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October 11, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff
Joe Biden was always going to be an attack dog tonight. After the presidential debate, the Democrats needed him aggressively to promote their post-debate excuse that Romney is all smoke and mirrors. Moreover, Biden is well suited for the attack dog role. I didn’t expect, however, that Biden’s demeanor would be so off-putting. The ridiculous toothy smile didn’t come as a shock. But the smirking, mocking, laughter, constant interruptions of
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October 11, 2012 — Steven Hayward
We’ll all have plenty to say tomorrow as we watch the spin/fallout, and my kids are hankering for a re-run of Doctor Who, so for the time being, on the theory that a picture tells a thousand words, here’s how the debate turned out:
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